The far-right British party Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, won a by-north-west election on Friday of England, to the detriment of the Labor Party in power, a setback for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
It confirms the rise of Reform UK and the fragmentation of the political landscape in the United Kingdom.
After this victory in the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby, Reform UK holds five deputies in the House of Commons in Westminster, which has a total of 650 seats.
Reform UK’s candidate, Sarah Pochin, won with an advance of only six votes on Labor candidate Karen Shore. But plowing had won the constituency with 53% of the votes in July, far ahead of Reform at 18%. Keir Starmer had however admitted that he would be now “difficile“For his party to win.
Several local elections were held on Thursday in England. The results will fall throughout the day on Friday.
In addition to the seat of deputies in the Runcorn region, a total of 1,641 seats within local authorities are to be filled -a small part of the 17,000 seats of local advisers throughout England -, as well as six seats of mayors.
These elections are the first ballot in England since the coming to power of Labor, Labor Party (center-left) of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in July.
According to the first results, in addition to the partial legislative, Reform has won dozens of seats of local advisers as well as mayor.
Labor have won three municipal elections.
